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[CITE: 43USC951]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
      CHAPTER 22--RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS
 
Sec. 951. Right of way for water transportation, domestic 
        purposes, or development of power
        
    Rights of way for ditches, canals, or reservoirs heretofore or 
hereafter approved under the provisions of sections 946 to 949 of this 
title may be used for purposes of a public nature; and said rights of 
way may be used for purposes of water transportation, for domestic 
purposes, or for the development of power, as subsidiary to the main 
purpose of irrigation or drainage.

(May 11, 1898, ch. 292, Sec. 2, 30 Stat. 404; Mar. 4, 1917, ch. 184, 
Sec. 2, 39 Stat. 1197.)

                            Repeal of Section

        Section repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 706(a), Oct. 
    21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, 
    insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, 
    under, and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest 
    System.


                            Savings Provision

    Repeal by Pub. L. 94-579 insofar as applicable to the issuance of 
rights-of-way not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, 
permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. 
L. 94-579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
